CASE STUDY: SWEDISH MARITIME MUSEUMS THE FIRST ISO 14001-CERTIFIED MUSEUMS IN SCANDINAVIA
Company The Vasa Museum, the Maritime Museum in Stockholm, and the Naval The Swedish National Maritime Museums Museum in Karlskrona, all of which are part of the Swedish National Region Maritime Museums agency, together became the first museums in Sweden Scandinavia to be certified to ISO 14001:2004. Intertek Solutions Management systems auditing and certification
“It’s always more interesting to certify companies that are highly committed, and also within industries that have not previously been certified.” - Ebbe Ombäck, Environmental Management Systems auditor at Intertek
This was achieved as a result of the hard work “The environment is one of the most carried out by the Swedish National Maritime significant global issues. We can make a Museums agency, over the course of many contribution by setting a good example and years, to reduce its negative impact on the showing our visitors our commitment to the environment. environment, not least at the Vasa Museum, The Swedish National Maritime Museums which attracts a large international crowd chose Intertek as their certification body. With with over a million visitors every year,” said the help of Intertek’s services, customers can Robert Olsson, Managing Director of the be assured that their management systems Swedish National Maritime Museums. are efficient and continuously improving. Here are some examples of changes that “It’s always more interesting to certify the Swedish National Maritime Museums companies that are highly committed, and has implemented: also within industries that have not previously Waste: All the waste produced by the three been certified. During the audit, the Swedish museums’ offices, workshops, and restaurants National Maritime Museums brilliantly is collected and sorted, and has been for FOR MORE INFORMATION demonstrated how it has adopted the several years now. Environmentally friendly new way of thinking within environmental alternatives are requested when making +1 800 810 1195 management. They’re well on the way to purchases and in procurement processes.
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For example, they have changed over to using biodegradable coatings on all of then Naval Museum’s barks and smaller museum boats. “The Swedish National Maritime Museums have already reduced this by a further five percent over the course of this year, and the aim is to become even better,” said Kristin Mizer, the agency’s Environmental Coordinator. They are also working to reduce the museums’ total consumption of fossil fuels, hazardous chemical products, and paper in the long-term. Transportation: An important environmental objective is to reduce the amount of travel by air between the museums in Stockholm and Karlskrona by ten percent in 2009. The agency’s service vehicles have been replaced with electric or hybrid vehicles, and the entire motor vehicle fleet will be green before the end of the year.
“The environment is one of the most significant global issues. We can make a contribution by setting a good example and showing our visitors our commitment to the environment, not least at the Vasa Museum, which attracts a large international crowd with over a million visitors every year.” -Robert Olsson Managing Director of the Swedish National Maritime Museums
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